Dates October 16 | Competitors 26 from 15 nations | |
Venue Pan American Shooting Polygon |
The women's 10 metre air pistol shooting event at the 2011 Pan American Games was held on October 16 at the Pan American Shooting Polygon in Guadalajara. The defending Pan American Games champion is Avianna Chao of Canada.
Contents
The event consisted of two rounds: a qualifier and a final. In the qualifier, each shooter fired 40 shots with an air pistol at 10 metres distance. Scores for each shot were in increments of 1, with a maximum score of 10.
The top 8 shooters in the qualifying round moved on to the final round. There, they fired an additional 10 shots. These shots scored in increments of .1, with a maximum score of 10.9. The total score from all 50 shots was used to determine final ranking.
With the win Dorothy Ludwig of Canada qualifies Canada a quota spot for the women's 10 metre air pistol event at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Great Britain.
Schedule
All times are Central Standard Time (UTC-6).
Records
The existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows.
Qualification round
26 athletes from 15 countries competed.